How rare is the name Marlo?

8,723 people in the United States have the first name Marlo, about 1 in 34,625. It ranks #2,692 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MARLO

#2,692

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,723
About
1 in 34,625
This common or more
80.6%
Who bears it

Of the 8,723 people named Marlo, 47.4% reported their origin as White, 24.3% as Black and 18.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 66.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Marlo peaked in 1970, when 635 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
1970
Births that year
635
In 2025*
204 ▼68%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 10,944 babies have been given the name since 1915. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Marlo by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #991. The largest share of babies named Marlo, 45.8%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1910s#7,66925
1920s#5,282102
1930s#3,030209
1940s#3,096235
1950s#2,853366
1960s#1,2911,862
1970s#9913,201
1980s#2,280927
1990s#3,692620
2000s#3,973778
2010s#2,7601,443
2020s#2,2681,176
Greatest Generation 1901–270.9%
Silent Generation 1928–453.4%
Baby boom 1946–646.2%
Generation X 1965–8045.8%
Millennials 1981–9611%
Generation Z 1997–1212.5%
2013 and later20.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Marlo is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marlo has been most common in California (2.3×), Florida (1.4×), and Michigan (1.4×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.33×).

5,315 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Marlo

#2,689 Jacoby · 8,736#2,691 Deann · 8,731#2,693 Magnolia · 8,716#2,694 Mekhi · 8,714

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marlo, most common first.

#1,124 Marla · 36,374#6,096 Marly · 2,673#6,376 Marli · 2,528#7,105 Marlow · 2,176#23,187 Marle · 424#28,022 Marl · 323#34,642 Marlou · 235

Also a last name

As a last name, Marlo ranks #59,374 of 156,621, with 368 people. See Marlo as a last name

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